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Do you always take off work to attend your kids school functions?”

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So far, I've made it to the "performance" functions. The ones they have during the day (like "Thanksgiving lunch") are not well-attended anyway, so I don't sweat those. Considering it's a daycare, most likely the vast majority of parents are working during the day, so they would be silly to plan important stuff before evening.

No, the majority of my daughter's school functions are around 6 or 6:30pm and I get off work at 5:30. Thankfully, not too many of them are on the days I have to go to night class. When they are her dad takes my place. If anything is happening during school hours while i'm at work I take my lunch break at that to ensure i dont miss a beat.

Well, I only work from home so I don't miss any. :-)
But I agree that going to the bigger ones, the most important ones, such as plays and ones where they will be putting on a show or speaking are more important than just the parties with some cupcakes and not real event.

As a preschool teacher/administrator ... there are some functions that you are going to want to "not" miss and others that really are only a big deal if you make them a big deal. Example - any event that lasts 5 minutes or less ... feel free to miss ;) Mother's Day Tea Parties or School wide Family Picnics - must attend events :)

Yes, my child is just in Daycare so there aren't too many functions yet. But I usually take my lunch hour or take off work to attend. I do feel bad to see the other kids at functions with no parent there. Sometimes my husband and I both attend. That's a special treat!

Yes. All of them where the parents are invited. My husband usually comes too but not every time. There are only like 1 or 2 kids whose parents dont show at any of the functions and those kids are usually really upset and asking where their mommy is and it breaks my heart.